AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 1
What was the intellectual and social background of the Enlightenment?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 1
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 2
Who were the philosophes?
Activity for LO 2
Document: “Coffeehouses and Enlightenment” p.317
How did coffeehouses help spread the ideas of the Enlightenment?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 2
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 3
How did the philosophes challenge traditional and religious ideas and institutions?
Activity for LO 3
Document: “DuChatelet Explains Happiness Scientifically” p. 322
How does DuChatelet’s emphasis on attaining happiness in this life contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 3
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 4
How did the philosophes apply Enlightenment ideas to social and economic problems?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 4
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 5
How did the philosophes apply Enlightenment ideas to political issues?
Activity for LO 5
Chart: “Major Works of the Enlightenment…” p.333
Copy the part of the chart (only the authors listed) and add a column with the work’s major idea(s).
Philosophe Title Major Idea(s)
1690 Locke
1748 Montesquieu
1759 Voltaire
1762 Rousseau
1776 Smith
1784 Kant
1792 Wollstonecraft
Important Terms and/or People for LO 5
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 6
What role did women play in the Enlightenment?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 6
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 7
How did Rococo and Neoclassicism styles reflect and contribute to the prevailing trends of the age?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 7
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER 9
The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought
Directions: Read the chapter slowly, carefully, and completely. As you read, take thoughtful answers in each box. This study guide may or may not be graded/checked for completion and accuracy. You can use this study guide on all quizzes but not on any chapter tests. You may be expected to use your online text to complete some portions of this study guide.
Learning Objective 8
What was Enlightened Absolutism?
Activity for LO 8
Map 9-1: “Expansion of Russia, 1689-1796 p. 350
How were the territorial aims of Russian Tsars Peter the Great and Catherine the Great similar?
Important Terms and/or People for LO 8